Tea spoon

1847-1856

Maker

Samuel M. Hopper (1811-1859)

Measurements

6-1/8 in x 1-1/4 in x 3/4 in

Materials

Silver

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, The David Wilson Mansion, Inc.

Accession Number

1971.973

Inscription

"SCC" is engraved in script on the front of the handle.  "S.M.HOPPER" in relief within a serrated rectangle is stamped into the underside of the handle shaft along with "66 . CHESTNUT . ST".

Provenance

Ex coll. Mrs. E. Tatnall (Mary Corbit) Warner

Comments

The teaspoon has a pointed oval bowl and a fiddleback handle.  The handle tip curves upward.

The initials may be those of Sarah Clark Corbit (1810-1871), but she married Anthony Madison Higgins (1809-1887) in 1833, at which time her initials changed.  Silversmith Samuel M. Hopper (1811-1859) worked at 66 Chestnut St. from 1847 to 1856, indicating the spoon was made after Sarah's marriage.  It may have belonged to collateral Corbit descendants.